Det sker i Oaxaca, Mexico året igennem

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene

• Festival

  Tilcajete carnival

  1. feb. – 10. mar. · normalt

  A day trip 27 km south: on Shrove Tuesday the alebrije-carving village of San Martin Tilcajete fills with oil-blackened devils in carved masks and cowbells, plus a mock wedding parade. Kilde ↗

Travlt — mellem toppene, Semana Santa

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar. – 5. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketBook tidligt

  Mexican families fill the city and the valley villages for the week, and the processions in Ocotlan and Tlacolula are the ones worth driving out for. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Tilcajete carnival (1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Semana Santa

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Semana Santa (29. mar. – 5. apr.)

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene

• Lukning

  Teachers' strike season

  10. maj – 25. jun. · normalt

  Most years from around 15 May the Seccion 22 teachers' union strikes, camps across the zocalo and old centre for weeks and blocks highways, sometimes the airport road. Check local news before travelling. Kilde ↗

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Afternoon storm season

  1. jun. – 30. sep.Monsun

  Warm mornings and a heavy storm most late afternoons, which turns the brown valley green within a fortnight. Cheapest and greenest months of the year here.

Stadig i gang: Teachers' strike season (10. maj – 25. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Guelaguetza

• Festival

  Guelaguetza

  20.–27. jul.Stor festivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Delegations from the eight regions of the state dance on the last two Mondays of July, with a free street version running alongside the ticketed auditorium shows. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Afternoon storm season (1. jun. – 30. sep.)

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Afternoon storm season (1. jun. – 30. sep.)

Travlt — Independence Day, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Independence Day

  15.–16. sep.National helligdagTætpakket

  The shout from the governor's balcony on the night of the fifteenth and a parade the next morning, in the wettest fortnight of the year. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Afternoon storm season (1. jun. – 30. sep.)

Travlt — mellem toppene, Day of the Dead

• Natur

  Marigolds in the markets

  10. okt. – 1. nov. · normaltStor festival

  Cempasuchil arrives from the valley farms towards the end of October and the whole Central de Abastos smells of it. The city starts building for the dead a fortnight ahead.

• Festival

  Day of the Dead

  31. okt. – 2. nov.Religiøs højtidTætpakketBook tidligt

  Vigils in the valley cemeteries from the night of 31 October; rooms go a year ahead. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Day of the Dead

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Marigolds in the markets (10. okt. – 1. nov. (normalt)), Day of the Dead (31. okt. – 2. nov.)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Noche de Rabanos

• Festival

  Las Posadas

  16.–24. dec.Religiøs højtid

  Nine nights of processions through the barrios with candles, punch and a pinata at the end of each. Smaller and more religious than the December in Mexico City. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Noche de Rabanos

  23. dec.Stor festivalTætpakket

  Scenes carved from oversized radishes are displayed around the Zocalo for a few hours on 23 December before they wilt. A century old, and the queue is enormous. Kilde ↗